Fic: Fighting for His Family

[shy_dragon]

Title: Fighting for His Family
Characters: Danny and Steve, with a little Grace
Rating: G
Disclaimer: Hawaii 5-0 does not belong to me, and no infringement is intended.
Summary: Danny will do whatever it takes to keep his family together. This story was originally posted to the Hawaii 5-0 Flash Fiction community.

Comments

[simplyn2deep]

This is really good. I totally didn't see the 2nd part coming.

I think I want to read up on Tam Lin. it sounds interesting

[shy_dragon]

Thank you!

One of the things I like about the story of Tam Lin is that the woman rescues the man. ;> She gets pulled into this conflict between Tam Lin and the fairies (usually without knowing about it in advance), and she has to hold onto him through all of these scary, dangerous transformations.

[black_sluggard]

I think I might be psychic with you, because I had an idea for Danny as a descendent of Tam Lin, but never did anything with it. Hurray you for doing! I love the fae, and I love off-genre fics like this. :)

[shy_dragon]

Too cool! If you write your story, I'd love to read it.

I wrote this for the Hawaii 5-0 Flash Fiction AU challenge. There were a bunch of great fics, although I think I was the only one to use the fae. If you don't follow that community, I highly recommend that challenge since you love off-genre stories.

[black_sluggard]

Thanks for the link. I'd read a couple of those, but not all.

I'd love to flesh out that idea, someday, but I've got more than a few I'd have go work on before that. Also, for whatever reason, I only ever seem to manage to finish fic for Castle. :/

[crzymm3]

Oh this was a really good story. Fantasy stories grab my imagination. I have never heard of Tam Lin so I definately want to go find it.
I also Love that Danny could hold Steve no matter what even when it was something that freaked him out. The Fairy Queen definately used all those against him.

[shy_dragon]

Thank you! That fairy queen had no chance against Danny's love (and stubbornness). ;>

[springwoof]

Excellent retelling of Tam Lin! I loved that the key to Danny being able to rescue Steve was that Grace agreed to be his child as well, and that what healed Danny in the end was Steve being willing to take his pain (or rather, each of them being willing to take the pain for the other). And the wisdom from Danny's grandmother was spot-on! "Many of the tales say that the bespelled man can't hurt his lover, but they lie. No one can hurt you like the people you love, and only you can decide whether the love is worth the pain.”

Cool story!

[shy_dragon]

Thank you very much!